Falling In

B z z z z z z zThe buzzing sound?Do you hear that?There it is again.B z z z z z z zNo? Well, I really shouldn't have asked. Most people can't hear it, anyway. But, if you could, you'd think it sounds like you're teetering on the edge of the universe. That's what Isabelle Bean thinks...and she's not that far from the truth.B z z z z z z zYou really don't hear that?Well, it's actually not that great to have a buzzing in your ear. It's distracting for one thing. And when Isabelle starts listening to the buzz instead of, say, her boring teacher, strange things happen. She gets sent to the principal's office (that'snot so strange), but then while awaiting her punishment, she tumbles into an adventure -- into another world that's a little bit different, a little bit Hansel & Gretel-y, a little bit like a fairy tale, which would be great, but...did I mention that Isabelle is an unusual dresser? When she shows up in fairy-tale land wearing her favorite high, pointy boots, the fairy-tale people start thinking that Isabelle is a witch -- and not just any witch, butthewitch!From Edgar Award-winning author Frances O'Roark Dowell comes the unlikely story of Isabelle Bean -- an ultimate misfi t, an outsider extraordinaire, andnota witch!

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of 10 Miles Past Normal, Shooting the Moon, Dovey Coe, Where I’d Like to Be, The Secret Language of Girls, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, and the Phineas L. MacGuire series. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons. Visit her at FrancesDowell.com.